Senior Key Account Manager

Join our dynamic and inclusive team at Givaudan as a (Senior) Key Account Manager in the Taste & Wellbeing division. Dedicated to driving growth, building customer relationships, and identifying business opportunities within the food industry.

As a Key Account Manager, you will play a crucial role in driving innovation and creating products that reach consumers through supermarkets and food service channels.

• Deliver on both top and bottom-line targets, growing our business in a profitable way with both existing and new accounts.
• Utilize a consultative selling approach and demonstrate a deep understanding of our customers' needs
  . Go beyond the obvious to deliver a superior customer experience to drive growth.
• Combine a strategic mindset with a pragmatic action-oriented entrepreneurial approach to identify and bring in new customer and business opportunities.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams
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  Work closely with our technical Flavour Creation & Application and marketing teams to ensure successful project execution. Collaboration and teamwork are key to our success.
• Personal and professional development:
  Embrace a dynamic environment where creativity, business acumen, and technology intersect. Continuously seek opportunities to learn and grow.

• Clear track-record of driving commercial success in B2B food industry, with minimum of 7 years commercial experience. Preferably in flavours and/or specialized food ingredients.
• Strategic business and commercial insight: Display a deep understanding of the Benelux food market dynamics and use this to deliver on business opportunities.
• Hunter mindset. Strong drive to achieve results and deliver on objectives. High level of accountability. Proactive, action oriented and determined.
• Self-awareness and excellent interpersonal skills: Communicate effectively, negotiate persuasively, and work successfully with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to handle complexity: Balance attention to detail with a pragmatic and hands‑on problem‑solving approach.
• Language proficiency: Fluent in English, with knowledge of Dutch considered an advantage.
• Job level flexibility: This position can be tailored to fit a Key Account Manager or a Senior Key Account Manager, depending on the candidate's experience and qualifications.

• Home Office 1/week: Work from home up to one day a week. Full‑time position – 5 days per week (Mon‑Fri).
• Annual Bonus: Recognition and reward for hard work and contributions.
• Lease Car: Support for daily commute.
• Health Insurance Contribution: Substantial contribution to your health insurance.
• Generous Holidays Package: Well‑deserved breaks with generous holiday offers.
• Vibrant Collaborative Culture: Celebrate diversity and teamwork in a dynamic space.
• Join a Flavor Pioneer: Shape the tastes of tomorrow and delight consumers globally.

We foster a collaborative and passionate work culture that encourages personal and professional development. Join us and make a positive impact on your world while shaping our future together.